Corporate Plan and Sustainable Community Strategy
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Details of the link between the Corporate Plan and the Sustainable Community Strategy
The Sustainable Community Strategy and the Corporate Plan
The link between the Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) and the Council Corporate Plan is an essential means of ensuring that the local authority delivers the priority actions that will make a positive contribution to the SCS. The council is just one of the partners in the local strategic partnership (LSP) which is responsible for the SCS.
The Corporate Plan is always linked to the aims and objectives of the SCS and key senior officers including the Chief Executive and Leader of the council sit on the LSP Executive Board. The Council makes a direct contribution to each of the working groups in the LSP structure. The SCS objectives inform the actions agreed in the Corporate Plan. These clear links are part of the ‘Golden Thread’ that the Council uses to ensure that what the authority delivers ‘on the ground’ contributes to the wider community aims and objectives of the SCS.
Service areas within the council develop service plans that they operate to throughout the year. Service plans are focused on the achievements that will be delivered in the short to medium term and directly contribute to the Corporate Plan and in turn the SCS.
The ‘golden thread’ is completed with individual employee appraisals that focus on the contribution the employee makes towards achieving the outcomes in the service plan. Service plans and appraisals cover strategic activities such as equality and diversity, access to services and sustainability to ensure that the Corporate Plan addresses these essential areas when contributing to the SCS.
To support the strategic areas the council has appointed elected member champions for equality and diversity and rural affairs and has established a cross service corporate working group to address equality. By working in partnership it is possible to achieve more for the community and maximise value for money for the tax payer of Fylde. Bringing together resources, people and knowledge from a wide range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations delivers a greater benefit for everyone. The Corporate Plan represents the contribution that Fylde Council will make to the partnership working across the borough.
